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12-Month Entrepreneur Sparring

Build mental strength: your dedicated space for reflection, for a full year

Being an entrepreneur means dealing with uncertainty, pressure, responsibility and a constant stream of new challenges. We create a confidential space where you can regularly sort through your thoughts.

Sound familiar?

When there’s no one you can talk to openly

You carry the responsibility alone. There’s no one in the company you can speak with openly, and hardly anyone in your private life understands the details. On top of that, there’s often family, children or caregiving to manage.

Young woman and young man arguing in the desert

For many decisions, there’s no one in your own company you can talk to openly.

Young people in a team meeting

Family and friends don’t understand the details and eventually stop asking.

Grandmother reading over her grandchild’s shoulder

Family, children or caregiving run parallel to the demands of your business – not in turns.

Nonstop operations: pressure builds before anyone names it

Periods of heavy operational pressure have long since become the rule rather than the exception.

Our solution

What this format is – and what it isn’t

For a full year, you have a standing appointment with someone who knows your company and looks at it from the outside. No off-the-shelf agenda. You set the topic, and everything stays confidential.

Who is this format for?

  • Business owners who have been going it alone without a real sparring partner for a while.
  • Entrepreneurs facing growth, restructuring, a crisis or a year full of open issues.
  • Entrepreneurs who are also responsible for family or caregiving alongside their business.
  • People who want to make clear decisions under pressure instead of just pushing through.

What you can use this space for

Why 12 months

Most consulting starts when things are already on fire

Usually, outside help only comes in once the situation has already tipped. Here, your appointment is in place all year round.

1

A fixed rhythm

Twelve months, with a standing appointment in your calendar.

2

A confidential space for reflection

You bring the topic. It stays in the room.

3

Decisions and leadership

A second opinion before you commit – including on issues your own team isn’t the right place for.

4

Sometimes reflective, sometimes hands-on

Some sessions are just about sorting things out. Others end with a decision.

Caroline Läufer in a confidential sparring session with a business owner

At a glance

One year, one standing appointment

Duration

12 months

Format

Online sparring

Who it’s for

Business owners without a sparring partner

Outcome

Decisions, leadership, yourself

“

I enjoyed a lot working with you and could see an incredible progress during your stay.
Just today we had a SOPs related discussion and I need to go back to a Wave C file you put together regarding priorization that was – I remember – incredibly useful.

Wishing you really all the best for your future.
Any company hiring you will find a treasure. 😊

Chiara Tenuzzo

Pharma PMO

“

My experience working with Caroline Läufer

Working with Caroline Läufer was incredibly rewarding for my team and me. She took a noticeable load off my shoulders as a manager by handling the administrative work, and her outside analysis gave us valuable, objective feedback.

Caroline quickly built trust, and her appreciative communication style created a positive working atmosphere. In one-on-one conversations, she helped my team members recognize their strengths and talents, understand specific needs and improve how we work together as a team.

Thanks to her structured analysis and recommendations, the team gained a clear view of its own strengths and benefited from strategies for strength-based task allocation. Her work significantly improved collaboration and motivation and was instrumental in our continued development.

Christina Reese

Pharma Team Lead

“

I have the uttermost respect and admiration for you, as a professional and as a person. You´re a very illuminated person. I really appreciate what you could teach me on how to managed stress and be more calm during meetings. And thank you again for the message and consideration. Just by doing this, you set a new standard of honesty and admiration that I´ll cherish forever as a professional.

Paulo Souza

Axians

Who you’ll work with

Caroline Läufer, LCI Consulting

Caroline Läufer is the founder of LCI Consulting. Her background spans school leadership, change projects and process consulting in a corporate environment. Since 2021, she has been working as a coach and strengths coach with leaders and their teams.

That’s what she brings to Entrepreneur Sparring – clear on the facts, confidential and on a regular schedule.

Portrait of Caroline Läufer, founder of LCI Consulting
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Schedule a call

Your space for reflection starts with a clear mandate

In an initial call, we’ll clarify whether 12 months of sparring are right for your situation. You make the decisions – we challenge your thinking.